{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40778","details":"Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.","modified":"2026-09-01T20:05:52.107132836Z","published":"2025-10-22T16:15:42.520Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-40778"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40778"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bind9","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/bind9?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.18.41-1~deb12u1"}]}],"versions":["1:9.18.12-1","1:9.18.13-1","1:9.18.16-1","1:9.18.16-1~deb12u1","1:9.18.16-1~deb12u1~bpo11+1","1:9.18.19-1~deb12u1","1:9.18.19-1~deb12u1~bpo11+1","1:9.18.24-1","1:9.18.24-1~bpo11+1","1:9.18.28-1~deb12u1","1:9.18.28-1~deb12u2","1:9.18.33-1~deb12u2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40778.json"}},{"package":{"name":"bind9","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/bind9?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1"}]}],"versions":["1:9.20.11-4","1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1~bpo12+1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40778.json"}},{"package":{"name":"bind9","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/bind9?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.20.15-1"}]}],"versions":["1:9.20.11-4","1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1","1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1~bpo12+1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40778.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}